What s New in Contracting and Acquisition?

Statement A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited (11 March 2010) National Contract Management Association San Diego Chapter March Midday Workshop What s New in Contracting and Acquisition? Tim Dowd Director for Contracts, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command 22 March 2010

Agenda Team SPAWAR Overview What s New? 1. Laws and Regulations 2. Policies 3. Initiatives 4. Summary 3/24/2010 2

Where We Are SPAWAR Space Field Activity PEO Space Systems PEO EIS SPAWAR HQ Washington DC Norfolk, VA Charleston, SC New Orleans, LA San Diego, CA Germany, Italy, UK Japan, Guam, Hawaii SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific PEO C4I JPEO JTRS SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic 3/24/2010 3

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Peer Reviews of DoD Solicitations & Contracts DFARS 201.170 - requirement for solicitations & contracts for services > $1 billion OSD/DPAP organizes teams of reviewers & facilitates process Promoting quality & consistency Sharing best practices & lessons learned SPAWAR - two OSD peer reviews (incl. CANES); participated in two peer reviews Continued 3/24/2010 5

Peer Reviews of DoD Solicitations & Contracts Pre-award Peer Reviews - Solicitations > $1B (including options). Post-award Peer Reviews - Contracts for services > $1B (including options). Emphasis - source selection procedures, evaluation criteria, etc. Applies to sole source & competitive buys. Military, defense agencies, & DoD field activities - must establish procedures for pre-award peer reviews of solicitations < $1B, & post-award peer reviews. 3/24/2010 6

DoN Peer Review Thresholds & Authorities Type of Action Threshold Review Level Services/Supplies/ Systems > $1 billion OSD DPAP Peer Review Authority DoD Special Interest Identified by OSD as Special Interest OSD DPAP Services $250M to $1B DoN DASN (A&LM) DoN Special Interest Special Interest by Peer Review Authority or referred from Contracting Activity DoN DASN (A&LM) Supplies / Systems $50M to $1B HCA HCA/Senior Official Services $50M to $250M HCA HCA/Senior Official 3/24/2010 7

Award Fee (Oct 14, 2009) 74 Fed. Reg. 52856 Changes for award fee contracts Linked to acquisition objectives e.g. cost, schedule Base fee of zero may be included in cost plus award fee type contract Prescribes narrative ratings in award fee evaluations Prohibiting award fees if contractor not satisfactory Conduct a risk / cost benefit analysis Include specific content in award fee plans Prohibiting rollover of unearned award fees 3/24/2010 8

Effective Use of Award Fee Contracting Ratings system: Unsatisfactory Failure to meet basic (min. essential) requirements of contract Satisfactory Basic (min. essential) requirements met Good Basic (min. essential) requirements met; at least 50% of criteria established in award fee plan met Excellent Basic (min. essential) requirements met; at least 75% of criteria established in award fee plan met Outstanding Basic (min. essential) requirements met; at least 90% of criteria established in award fee plan met 3/24/2010 9

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Feb 17,2009) Background Effort to jumpstart the economy, create/save jobs, address challenges Recovery Act Reporting Section 1512 (also called Jobs Accountability Act) requires recipients of recovery funds received through contracts, grants, or loans to report Continued 3/24/2010 10

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Feb 17,2009) Reports must contain: Amount of recovery funds received Amount of funds expended / obligated to projects Detailed list of projects / activities Estimate of # of jobs created and retained Infrastructure investments by state & local governments Detailed info on subcontracts / grants awarded by recipient See FAR 52.204-11 for more detail 3/24/2010 11

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (May 20, 2009) Broadens False Claims Act: Eliminated requirement that a claim be presented to the Gov t to get payments by the Gov t Now requires Request / demand for $ / property to be spent or used on Govt s behalf or advance Gov t program if it provides a portion of $ / property or reimburse a contractor / grantee / other recipient for portion of $ / property. Continued 3/24/2010 12

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (May 20, 2009) Materiality Unlawful knowingly to make / use / cause a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim Some commentators say it eliminates the intent requirement 3/24/2010 13

Weapons System Reform Act of 2009 (May 22, 2009) Conflicts of Interest: Requires DoD to revise DFARS; tighten existing requirements for OCI Possible conflicts of interest: Lead system integrator contracts Systems engineering/ tech. assistance for Gov t while competing as prime contractor or supplier Award of subcontracts to affiliate business units Contractors performing technical evaluations on major defense acquisition programs 3/24/2010 14

National Defense Authorization Act 2010 (Oct 28, 2009) Sec. 325 temporarily suspended public-private competitions under OMB Circular A-76 until DoD performs comprehensive review of policies. Publication of Bundling New requirement notice consistent with FAR 10.001(c)(2) at least 30 days prior to release of solicitation Third Party Rights in Data Contractor given access to tech. data delivered under a Gov t contract. Support contractor must enter a nondisclosure agreement with owner of data & subject to civil actions. Continued 3/24/2010 15

National Defense Authorization Act 2010 (Oct 28, 2009) DoD IG Subpoena Authority Subpoena witnesses for attendance & testimony necessary in performance of the IG s functions. New provisions not applied to federal employees. Non-Price Evaluation Factors Comptroller General directed to study DoD procurements. Study must consider: Frequency of procurements Types of contracts when eval. factors most used Reasons for DoD s use of such factors Extent when use of such factors is/not in interest of DoD 3/24/2010 16

Contractor Performance Information (July 1, 2009) Final rule amended contractor performance information process in FAR 42.1502. Contractor performance evaluations must be prepared & submitted to PPIRS for all contracts that, for DoD include: $5 million - systems & operations support contracts $1 million - services & IT $100,000 - fuels & health care contracts No dollar threshold for evaluating science & technology (i.e.,r&d) contracts 3/24/2010 17

Contractor Code of Business Ethics & Conduct (Dec 2008) Within 30 days after contract award, Contractor shall: Have a written code of business ethics & conduct Ensure each employee involved has copy of code Prevent & detect criminal conduct Encourage ethical conduct & commitment to compliance with the law In writing to OIG, assure timely disclosure of procurement fraud Continued 3/24/2010 18

Contractor Code of Business Ethics & Conduct (Dec 2008) FAR 52.203-13 - included in solicitations & contracts if value of contract > $5 million & performance period is 120 days. Code must be established & given to contractor employees within 30 days of award. Prime contractors required to flow-down requirements of FAR 52.203-13 to subcontractors. 3/24/2010 19

Personal Conflicts of Interest (PCIs) Background: Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for FY09 OFPP to issue policy to prevent PCIs by contractors performing acquisition functions associated with inherently governmental functions. Continued 3/24/2010 20

PCIs: Personal Conflicts of Interest (PCIs) Potential due to Govt s reliance on contracted tech., business & procurement expertise risk to Gov t on fixed-price, supply contracts Risk with more supplies / services or relationships with Gov t & contractor blur into inherently governmental functions. Guidance issued from USD (AT&L) in Nov 09 regarding PCIs related to Contractors supporting Government contracts. 3/24/2010 21

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Increase Fixed Price & Competitive Contracts White House Memo (March 2009): Non-competitive & cost reimbursement contracts misused, wasteful Since 2001, spending on Gov t contracts more than doubled, reaching over $500 billion in 2008. Between FY00 & FY08, dollars obligated under costreimbursement contracts went from $71B to $135B. Continued 3/24/2010 23

Increase Fixed Price & Competitive Contracts A GAO study of 95 major defense acquisition projects found cost overruns of 26%, totaling $295B DoD established goals for increased competition & fewer cost type contracts 3/24/2010 24

FY10 Competition Report Competition Report SPAWAR FY10 through 2-4-2010 Report Generated 2-5-2010 Department % Competed ($) HQ 86% SSCLANT 79% SSCPAC 94% SPAWAR TOTALS 86% 3/24/2010 25

Time to Augment the Acquisition Workforce Federal government acquires > $500B of goods & services annually supporting missions The FY11 Budget: Allocates $158M to improve capabilities of civilian agency acquisition workforce Continues a government-wide moratorium on A-76 competitions for federal work. # of personnel by 20,000 in next 5 yrs. ~ 10,000 positions will convert from contractors to civil service positions. *Funds allow agencies to acquisition workforce by 5% 3/24/2010 26

DCAA: New Direction 3 GAO recommendations will auditor independence from contracting officers: 1. Mission must address protecting public interest to help assure contractors charge fair & reasonable prices 2. A risk-based approach to contract audits; allows DCAA to decide what should be audited 3. Congress considers a change in DCAA s position so it can operate independent of DoD influence Conclusion: DoD & DCAA have adopted some/all of the above. Director of DCAA has been reassigned; DCAA has issued new audit guidance. 3/24/2010 27

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Acquisition Initiatives Emphasize C4I program of record products in new ship construction Navy ERP Live at SPAWAR HQ 1 October 2009 Visibility & improved business processes Deployed at NAVAIR, NAVSUP, SPAWAR; NAVSEA is next Continued 3/24/2010 29

Acquisition Initiatives Continuous process improvement (LSS) Targeting high payoff readiness & cost processes Study & improve what cost Planning for next contract writing system; successor to SPS 3/24/2010 30

Naval Open Architecture Goal of Navy: Decouple hardware from software; yield more modular, interoperable systems that adhere to open standards with published interfaces and fosters software reuse competition Life cycle affordability Guide book developed for program managers for the enterprise on open architecture tenets with sample language for requirements, evaluation factors, data rights and CDRLs Continued 3/24/2010 31

Naval Open Architecture Key evaluation factors in Sections L and M of our RFPs to implement OA tenets consider: Modular designs Scalability of proposed designs Minimization of unique proprietary design for interfaces Use of open standards Software reuse or COTS Data rights (Government-purpose rights) 3/24/2010 32

DoN Energy Strategy for Acquisitions Memo (Jan 4, 2010) 5 energy goals established by SECNAV, including: Lifecycle energy cost of platforms, weapons systems Cost of fuel in powering capital investments Overall energy efficiency & energy footprint of competing companies Contracts must be structured to hold industry contractually accountable for meeting energy targets. Experts from program management, tech. & contracting, Navy Energy Coordination Office, will develop evaluation policies & procedures. 3/24/2010 33

Naval Strategic Sourcing Governance Background: Nov 2008, ASN (RD&A) established the DoN Strategic Sourcing Governance Structure & Charter Naval Strategic Sourcing Working Committee (SSWC), chaired by RDML Baucom, (ASN, AL&M) responsibility to approve DoN-wide strategic sourcing initiatives NAVSUP is Executive Agent via Strategic Sourcing Program Office Focus is now on services Continued 3/24/2010 34

Goals: Naval Strategic Sourcing Governance Optimize performance Streamline & standardize processes Minimize price Increase socio-economic acquisition goals Evaluate total life cycle management costs Improve vendor access to business opportunities 3/24/2010 35

SUMMARY Many changes In several instances, details have yet to be promulgated Emphasis on acquisition management, competition, fixed price contracts, and contractor accountability 3/24/2010 36

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Resources Federal Business Opportunities https://www.fbo.gov/ Government Executive http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0210/020210rb1.htm FAR http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm DFARS http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfdfara.htm ASN (RD&A) Policy Memos https://acquisition.navy.mil/rda/home/policy_and_guidance/policy_memos 3/24/2010 38

Acronyms A&LM Acquisition and Logistics Management C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence CANES Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services CDRL Contract Data Requirements List COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf DASN Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DoD Department of Defense DoN Department of Navy DPAP Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy EIS Enterprise Information Systems ERP Enterprise Resource Planning 3/24/2010 39

Acronyms FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation FY Fiscal Year GAO Government Accountability Office HCA Head of the Contracting Activity HQ Headquarters IG Inspector General JPEO Joint Program Executive Officer JTRS Joint Tactical Radio System LSS Lean Six Sigma NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSUP Naval Supply Systems Command 3/24/2010 40

Acronyms OA OCI OFPP OIG OMB OSD PCI PEO PPIRS R&D RD&A RFP Open Architecture Organizational conflict of interest Office of Federal Procurement Policy Office of Inspector General Office of Management and Budget Office of Secretary of Defense Personal Conflict of Interest Program Executive Officer Past Performance Information Retrieval System Research and Development Research, Development, and Acquisition Request for Proposal 3/24/2010 41

Acronyms SECNAV SPAWAR SPS SSCLANT SSCPAC USD(AT&L) Secretary of the Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Standard Procurement System SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics 3/24/2010 42

Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) DFARS 201.170 Peer Reviews FAR 10.001 Market Research- Policy FAR 42.1502 Contractor Performance Information-Policy FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct FAR 52.204-11 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 3/24/2010 43